ΔR3/I5   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 11916

Comment: This peptide is a RXFP3/RXFP4 antagonist [2]. It behaves as a RXFP4 partial agonist (of cAMP activation) in CHO cells expressing human RXFP4. Structurally it is a chimeric peptide made of the A-chain of INSL5 and a C-terminally truncated B-chain of H3 relaxin [1].
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References
1. Kuei C, Sutton S, Bonaventure P, Pudiak C, Shelton J, Zhu J, Nepomuceno D, Wu J, Chen J, Kamme F et al.. (2007)
R3(BDelta23 27)R/I5 chimeric peptide, a selective antagonist for GPCR135 and GPCR142 over relaxin receptor LGR7: in vitro and in vivo characterization.
J Biol Chem, 282 (35): 25425-35. [PMID:17606621]
2. Praveen P, Bathgate RAD, Hossain MA. (2019)
Engineering of chimeric peptides as antagonists for the G protein-coupled receptor, RXFP4.
Sci Rep, 9 (1): 17828. [PMID:31780677]